Frederick william Cellars

Scherrer loading the crusher.

Lester Family Vineyards 877 clone Syrah

Syrah Clusters 2014 Vintage

Frederick William

Fred Scherrer is the proprietor and winemaker of Frederick William, a small producer of fine artisan wines in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Our passion is Syrah and we believe we do a pretty good job with it. We also ferment very limited quantities of other single varietals and field blends that we love sourced from small vineyards which consistently produce high quality fruit. Careful vineyard selection results in very interesting, layered, and complex wines. Our grapes are contracted on a long term basis assuring an ongoing supply of some the finest fruit in each of these regions. All of our current wine releases are single vineyard sourced, and other than our Acuity field blends, are 100% varietal with no other varietal blended.

OUR WINESChameleon like in nature & ever changing and evolving in the glass, we believe our wines will delight your senses over the course of a meal or an entire evening. We work hard to make wines we like and hope that you enjoy them as much as we do.

​Our Customers

Our wines are only offered direct to the consumer via this website and to a small select group of restaurants and purveyors of fine wines in the San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas markets. While not inclusive, we are very proud that our wines can be found on the wine menus at the following restaurants; Aureole-Mandalay Bay, Anton & Michele Carmel, Allegro-Wynn, Black Sheep Brasserie-Willow Glen, Charlie Palmer Steak-Four Seasons, Strip Steak-Mandalay Bay, Saison-San Francisco, Joel Robuchon-MGM Grand, Michael Mina-San Francisco, The Battery San Francisco, Delmonico Steak House-Palazzo , Allegro-Wynn, The Restaurant at Mission Ranch-Carmel, Hollins House-Pasatiempo, Craft Steak-MGM Grand, and REDD in Yountville. ​ We invite you try our wines and experience sensory delights to the eye, nose, and palate. We hope you find our wines as pleasurable as we do! Cheers!